Philosophical explanations
In this highly original work, Robert Nozick develops new views on philosophy's central topics and weaves them into a unified philosophical perspective. It is many years since a major work in English has ranged so widely over philosophy's fundamental concerns: the identity of the self, knowledge and skepticism, free will, the question of why there is something rather than nothing, the foundations of ethics, the meaning of life. Writing in a distinctive and personal philosophical voice, Mr. Nozick presents a new mode of philosophizing. In place of the usual semi-coercive philosophical goals of proof, of forcing people to accept conclusions, this book seeks philosophical explanations and understanding, and thereby stays truer to the original motivations for being interested in philosophy. -- Description from http://www.amazon.com (April 11, 2012)
Print Book, English, 1981
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1981
xii, 764 pages ; 24 cm
9780674664487, 9780674664784, 9780674664791, 0674664485, 0674664787, 0674664795
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Metaphysics : The identity of the self
Why is there something rather than nothing?
Epistemology : Knowledge and skepticism
Value : Free will
Foundations of ethics
Philosophy and the meaning of life